Darrell Taylor

Darrell Taylor (born March 24, 1997) is an American football defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Tennessee.

Darrell Taylor
No. 58 – Seattle Seahawks
Position:Defensive end
Personal information
Born: (1997-03-24) March 24, 1997
Hopewell, Virginia
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:267 lb (121 kg)
Career information
High school:Hopewell High School
(Hopewell, Virginia)
College:Tennessee
NFL Draft:2020 / Round: 2 / Pick: 48
Career history
Roster status:Unsigned draft pick
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Early life and high school

Taylor grew up in Hopewell, Virginia and attended Hopewell High School, where he played basketball and football. Rated a four-star recruit, Taylor committed to play college football at the University of Tennessee over offers from Florida and Virginia Tech.[1]

College career

Taylor redshirted his true freshman season. As a redshirt freshman, he made nine tackles (one for loss) in eight games played.[2] Taylor missed two games of his redshirt sophomore year due to a suspension for an altercation with a teammate.[3][4] He finished the season with 27 tackles, four tackles for loss, three sacks and two forced fumbles.[5] As a redshirt junior, Taylor led the team with eight sacks and 11 tackles for loss with 36 total tackles.[6]

Taylor entered his redshirt senior year on the Chuck Bednarik Award watchlist.[7] Taylor finished the season tied for second in the SEC with 8.5 sacks and led the Volunteers with 10 tackles for loss along with 46 total tackles, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and four passes defended.[8] Taylor finished his collegiate career with 118 tackles, 26.5 tackles for loss, and 19.5 sacks with six forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and seven passes defended in 38 games.[9]

Professional career
Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand size 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump
6 ft 3 5⁄8 in
(1.92 m)		 267 lb
(121 kg)		 33 in
(0.84 m)		 9 3⁄4 in
(0.25 m)
All values from NFL Combine[10]

Taylor was invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, but did not participate in any drills due to an offseason surgery.[11] Taylor was selected in the second round with the 48th pick in the 2020 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks.[12]

References
  1. Kolenich, Eric (September 26, 2014). "Hopewell's Darrell Taylor commits to Tennessee". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  2. Brown, Patrick (March 29, 2019). "Darrell Taylor 'determined' to deliver in increased role for Vols". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  3. Megargee, Steve (October 12, 2017). "Tennessee suspends outside linebacker Darrell Taylor ahead of Gamecocks game". ABC4News.com. Associated Press. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  4. Taylor, John (October 28, 2017). "Tennessee's Darrell Taylor returning from suspension for Kentucky game". CollegeFootballTalk. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  5. Toppenmeyer, Blake (July 25, 2018). "Why Darrell Taylor matters to UT Vols defense". USA Today. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  6. Megargee, Steve (August 21, 2019). "Tennessee pass rush relying heavily on Darrell Taylor". Yahoo Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  7. Lambert, Terry A. (July 15, 2019). "Jarrett Guarantano, Darrell Taylor added to 2019 award watchlists". RockyTopTalk.com. SB Nation. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  8. Brown, Patrick (January 17, 2020). "Stat Pack: Where Vols finished in national and SEC stat rankings". 247Sports.com.
  9. Lee, Nick (February 27, 2020). "Seahawks NFL Draft Profile: Darrell Taylor". SI.com. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  10. "Darrell Taylor Combine Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  11. Fann, Joe (April 24, 2020). "Seahawks 2nd round pick Darrell Taylor wants to be NFL's best rookie pass rusher in 2020". NBC Sports Northwest. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  12. Fann, Joe (April 24, 2020). "Seahawks select Tennessee DE Darrell Taylor with 48th overall pick in 2020 NFL Draft". NBC Sports. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
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